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3 commentsFriday, September 5, 2008

Joost Trying to Play Catch Up

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By Peter Monroe (WPN reader) - Mon, 09/08/2008 - 13:39

Joost

Frankly, I have never even heard of it. I have been watching clips online using all the others listed for years, but Joost was a complete unknown. I went to their homepage and I didn't like that sexuality was promoted so blatantly.

By Guest (WPN reader) - Mon, 09/08/2008 - 09:22

Joost = Windows

Joost = Windows Only!

Something that seems to continue to be overlooked is Joost's insistence with not supporting any playback platform other than Windows XP/Vista. IT does not work in VMware either. I have tried.

Notice that Hulu, YouTube, etc. don't care what OS/Browser (within reason) that you use. It just works! Congrats to them. It is no surprise if Joost dies a slow and quiet death with the download-our-plugin-for-Windows-only mentality.

You will notice that even (MS)NBC dropped silverlight streaming after the Olympics were over. I understand that it was the NFL that stipulated the change to Adobe Flash but at least they have their heads screwed on straight.

By Chris Crum - Mon, 09/08/2008 - 10:39